Widecombe Fair (film)
Encyclopedia
Widecombe Fair is a 1928 British
comedy
drama film
directed by Norman Walker
and starring William Freshman
, Marguerite Allan
, Moore Marriott
and Judd Green
. A farmer is able to save his farm when he digs up buried treasure.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Norman Walker
Norman Walker (director)
-Selected filmography:* Tommy Atkins * The Middle Watch * The Shadow Between * Fires of Fate * The House of Trent * Lilies of the Field * Turn of the Tide * Sunset in Vienna...
and starring William Freshman
William Freshman
William Freshman was an Australian-born actor, writer and director. He moved to England as a child and worked in the British film industry, writing over 20 screenplays and working as an associate producer at British International Pictures...
, Marguerite Allan
Marguerite Allan
-Selected filmography:* Under the Greenwood Tree * The Romance of Seville * Matinee Idol * Daughters of Today * Blossom Time * Those Were the Days * The Big Splash...
, Moore Marriott
Moore Marriott
Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...
and Judd Green
Judd Green
Judd Green was a British film actor of the silent era. He was sometimes credited as R. Judd Green. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914.-Selected filmography:* Thelma...
. A farmer is able to save his farm when he digs up buried treasure.
Cast
- William FreshmanWilliam FreshmanWilliam Freshman was an Australian-born actor, writer and director. He moved to England as a child and worked in the British film industry, writing over 20 screenplays and working as an associate producer at British International Pictures...
- The Lover - Marguerite AllanMarguerite Allan-Selected filmography:* Under the Greenwood Tree * The Romance of Seville * Matinee Idol * Daughters of Today * Blossom Time * Those Were the Days * The Big Splash...
- The Daughter - Wyndham StandingWyndham StandingWyndham Standing was an English film actor. He appeared in 131 films between 1915 and 1948. A popular and much beloved leading man in the silent film era, he starred and costarred along many famous names of the day, both men and women. He and Ronald Colman were the stars of the now lost classic...
- The Squire - Violet HopsonViolet HopsonViolet Hopson was an American-born British actress. She was a major star of the silent era. She was popually known by audiences as the "Dear Delightful Villianess"...
- The Widow - Moore MarriottMoore MarriottMoore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.-Career:...
- Uncle Tom Cobleigh - George CooperGeorge CooperGeorge Stephen Cooper , was an Australian cricket Test match umpire.He umpired two Test matches between 1948 and 1950...
- The Farmer - Aubrey FitzgeraldAubrey Fitzgerald-Selected filmography:* The Last Witness * The King's Highway * Good Night, Vienna * Discord * The Little Damozel * Peg of Old Drury * When Knights Were Bold * Song of the Forge...
- The Bailiff - Eva Llewellyn - The Wife
- Judd GreenJudd GreenJudd Green was a British film actor of the silent era. He was sometimes credited as R. Judd Green. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914.-Selected filmography:* Thelma...
- The Landlord